White - Granite
Spain
Item Details
Quarry Location:
Albalá, Caceres
Water Absorption:
0.25 %
Density:
2630 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
14.80 - 15.7 MPa
Compressive Strength:
178.00 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, monuments, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and
Finishing Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Azahar White Granite,Granito Blanco Azahar, Blanco Azahar Granite,Blanco Azahar
Description:
Two-micas granite extracted in the pluton of Albalá. Good mining. All kinds of uses.
General Caracteristics:
- Origin: Albalá
- Province: Cáceres
- Colour: White-grey
Petrographic description: Leucomonzogranite with muscovite
Grain size: Thin to medium
Opened porosity ( %): 0,5
Apparent density( Kg/m3): 2630
Resistance to the graze ( mm): 18
Resistance to the concentrated load deflection (MPa): 15,7
Elastic Module ( MPa): 46298
Microhardness knoop ( Mpa): 1615
Resistance to shock (cm): 40
Water absorption for capillarity (g/m” · s0,5): 0,252
Resistance to ice ( % variation flexion after cycles): 9
Resistance to the crystallization of salts (Mass variation): 0,04
Water Absorption under atmospheric pressure ( %): 0,2
Break charge (N): 2050